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Brian Parker appointed as new Family Law Court Commissioner

Brian Parker has will serve as the next Clallam County Superior Court Commissioner beginning in January 2025.  

Brian graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2003, and then received an LL.M. in International Law from Australian National University School of Law in 2005. 

Brian was admitted to practice law in Washington State in December, 2008. At the time he accepted the Commissioner position he worked for the Port Gardner Law Group, based in Everett. 

Brian has worked for a variety of law firms specializing in family law, guardianships, criminal defense, probate, protection orders, as well as miscellaneous civil matters. 

For almost two years he has served as a part time Superior Court Commissioner Pro Tempore in Snohomish County.  In this role he has handled motions on the domestic, civil, ex parte, guardianship, probate, child support, and protection order calendars.  He is also experienced in non-litigation solutions such as mediation and collaborative family law efforts.

ClallamCountyBar.com welcomes Brian to Clallam County!

Free legal advice October 5 2024

On Saturday, October 5, 2024, the Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers will provide a free legal aid clinic from 10-noon. The pro bono legal services are offered by phone where you can speak to a lawyer for free advice.

You *must* pre-register in advance to get an appointment and assigned to an attorney, and for the pro bono office to collect any documents you may need the lawyer to review. Contact information is below.

Legal topics which can be discussed in these pro bono sessions may include:

  • Divorce, custody, child support and other family law matters
  • Landlord-tenant issues
  • Domestic violence and sexual assault
  • Creditor issues and bankruptcy
  • Estate planning
  • Employment
  • Foreclosure
  • Expungement / vacate criminal convictions

Registering in advance is required by calling 360-504-2422, or emailing [email protected].

Pro-Bity Cleaning Service

Pro-Bity Cleaning service offers ethical and reliable cleaning services for businesses and homes, including law offices. Pro-bity is run by Natasha Stewart, who can be reached at 360-808-5105. Natasha takes pride in building meaningful working relationships with her clients.

Pro-Bity offers pet and family friendly cleaning, and everything from light to deep cleaning for offices and homes, deep cleaning for kitchen appliances, and move-in move-out cleaning.

Gift cards are available.

WashingtonAffordableLawyers.com now available

ClallamCountyBar.com is pleased to announce that Jordan Kostelyk has published a list of low bono (low cost) lawyers at Washington Affordable Lawyers, https://washingtonaffordablelawyers.com/. The site offers a list of lawyers who provide low bono, or reduced fee, legal services. Most lawyers on the list are not located in Clallam County, but many of them will consider taking cases in Clallam County.

Out of county lawyers can practice here because the Clallam County Superior Court allows electronic filing (except for the original petition), purchase of court pleadings online, and pre-trial court appearances by Zoom or phone.

Here is a link to an article about a Brief History of Low Bono in Washington.

For lawyers who wish to be listed at https://washingtonaffordablelawyers.com/, the listing is free. Contact Jordan Kostelyk at jordankostelykatlaw @ gmail.com (remove the spaces in that email address).

Clallam County Superior Court Commissioner applications being taken

Superior Court Family Law Commissioner Elizabeth Stanley will become a Superior Court Judge in January, 2025. The Clallam Superior Court is now taking applications to replace Commissioner Stanley. Applications must be submitted by September 9, 2024. More details are in the Court’s letter below.

2024-08-08 – Clallam County Superior Court – Court Commissioner PositionDownload

Peace Discipline – one minute videos

Peace Discipline is a parenting website offering a rich source of free and state-of-the-art parenting tools, tips, video how-to’s, and the results of their 5-year research study. Peace Discipline is owned by Karen Quail. She offers parenting classes, some are general and some are specific, such as for parents of children with ADHD or ASD. You can watch their videos on their YouTube channel, or sign up for their email newsletter and get their very cool 1-minute videos delivered right to you every week.

Karen Quail is also available for private parent-coaching.

Click here to go the Peace Discipline sign email sign-up page: https://www.peacediscipline.com/#footer

Immigration clinic: Free legal advice in Forks WA

A free legal aid clinic will offer immigration (and also on general legal) advice and information on November 18, 2023, at the Peninsula College office, 481 South Forks Avenue, Forks WA. The clinic is from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Anyone interested in obtaining free advice may attend and should bring any paperwork they would like help with. The clinic will be in spanish and Man.

Attorneys from Avelar Immigration Law will talk about immigration rights from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., and the free legal advice clinic will be from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Attorneys will be on hand to answer questions about other legal issues such as landlord-tenant, divorce, child custody, child support, and other issues.

Reservations are necessary, just show up!

This clinic is hosted by the Forks Human Rights Group, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Avelar Immigration Law, PLLC, and by the Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers.

As far as ClallamCountyBar.com knows, this is the first such clinic in Forks, so a big shout out to everyone putting this together!

CLE Bonanza 2023

The annual Clallam County CLE is November 3, 2023. It is hosted by the Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers. The registration fee is $225 and includes a box lunch.

Contact Shauna or Mary at the CJCPBL for registration and location information, at [email protected], or 360-504-2422.

Topics and speakers

  • Keynote: A Discussion with Washington’s Solicitor General. Local AAG counsel Kristin Glenn and Ariel Speser will moderate a discussion with Washington’s AGO Noah Purcell.
  • Ethics of client communication. Jeanne Marie Clavere, Senior Professional Responsibility Counsel, WSBA.
  • Cultural Humility, Race Equity and Trauma-informed Practices in Pro Bono Work. Ada Shen-Jaffe, JustLead Washington, Leadership Academy and Race Equity Program, Office of Public Defense.
  • To Criminalize or Not to Criminalize: Washington’s Ongoing Experiment with System Response to Drug Possession. Grace O’Conner, Managing attorney, Blake Defense Program, Office of Public Defense.
  • A view from the Supreme Court. Justice Susan Owens

All proceeds directly fund civil legal aid services for low-income and vulnerable clients in Clallam and Jefferson Counties.

This event is in-person only. No online attendance options are available.

Free legal advice Saturday November 18 2023

n Saturday, November 18, 2023, the Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers will provide a free legal aid clinic from 10-noon, by phone or zoom.

It helps the pro bono office if clients register in advance, but it is not necessary. Contact information is below.

Legal topics which can be discussed in these pro bono sessions may include:

  • Divorce, custody, child support and other family law matters
  • Landlord-tenant issues
  • Domestic violence and sexual assault
  • Creditor issues and bankruptcy
  • Estate planning
  • Employment
  • Foreclosure
  • Expungement / vacate criminal convictions

Registering in advance is required by calling 360-504-2422, or emailing [email protected].

This is the last scheduled pro bono clinic for 2023. Event will resume in 2024